Indictment in Harlem extortion case moves to Grand Jury
Patrolman Eugene Fox faces indictment on extortion charges after George Sipp, former Harlem resort keeper, testified. A chaotic scene at Hotel Navarre and multiple detectives swarmed the scene as Sipp and his son were escorted to Nassau Street for Grand Jury appearance.
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Whitman
Central Office
Eugene Fox
George A. Sipp
Harlem
Sipp
Navarre
Newark
Groehl
Grand Jury
New York Police
New Jersey
Howard
Howard Joined In Urging His Father To Keep Faith With Mr. Whitman
Stewart
Mr. Whitman
Lipp
Howard Sipp
Antediluvian Whiskey Ad by Luyties Brothers
An advertising blurb promotes Antediluvian Whiskey as a source of healthy optimism and deep satisfaction, attributed to Luyties Brothers based in N. [location abbreviated]. It emphasizes quality and pleasure from this brand.
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Luyties Bros., N
Plot to Steal a State Prompts Foreign Office Warning
London reports a proposed expedition to seize a northern Brazilian territory of 150000 square miles. Adolphe Brezet allegedly leads admissions for an army and civil service to establish a utopian republic with attempts at funding from German sources. The Foreign Office vows no expedition will be allowed.
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Marconi
New York Times
London
Daily Express
Foreign Office
Legation
Brazil
Adolphe Brezet
Brezet
the Express
Man Claims Identity After Street Flirtation Incident
A woman on Fourteenth Street shopping floor struck a man with her handbag after accusing him of harassment. The man, who claimed to be Joseph M. Voss of 15 West Sixty-fourth Street, was taken to Mercer Street Station with witnesses ready to testify. Night Court released him for lack of witnesses.
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Fourteenth Street
Abell
Mercer Street
Joseph M. Voss
West Sixty-fourth Street
Voss
Ex convict Ramsey elected president of German National Bank
W W Ramsey of Pittsburgh, a former convict, was elected president of the German National Bank today. He had earlier served time for bribery related to Pittsburgh councilmen and was pardoned by President Taft after fourteen months in prison.
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Ramsey
Taft
Pittsburgh Institution
New York
Tinica
Pittsburgh
W. W. Ramsey
German National Bank
Frazer
Western Penitentiary
Hts
Third National Bank
Yonkers Faces General Strike Over Street Car War
Yonkers faces a citywide strike as trolley workers demand arbitration and mayoral action. President Whitridge of Yonkers Railroad is accused of insults, and police prepare strikebreakers while the Public Service Commission weighs Gov. Sulzer’s order to resume service.
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Yonkers
Whitridge
Yonkers Railroad Company
Yonkers Chamber of Commerce
Curran
Albany
Public Service Commission
Sulzer
Mr. Whitridge
Labor Department
Phonograph Gift to Thaw at Matteawan Hospital
Special to The New York Times. Harry K Thaw received a handsome phonograph at Matteawan State Hospital today with 100 records. The instrument was a present from his mother and came directly from the manufacturers with an attendant to unpack and show operation. Plantation coffee advertised at 30c per pound across Acker Merrall Condit Co stores.
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New York Times
Fishkill Landing
Harry Kk. Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Thaw
Acker, Merrall & Condit Co
Adamson Botanic Cough Balsam Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement asserts Adamson's Botanic Cough Balsam makes the cold or cough disappear when used as directed. The claim targets readers seeking fast relief from cold symptoms.
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Adamson
Babson on the prospect of a European war
Roger W. Babson discusses the Austro-Hungarian crisis and its wider implications from abroad, analyzing the chance of a general European war. The piece previews his insights to appear in Next Sunday's Times.
Snowden Range Miraculously Reaches Queenstown Harbor
After a fifty day voyage from Philadelphia, the Snowden Range drifted in gale‑tossed to Spike Island mud and was beached. The Welshman towed her 600 miles off the Irish coast, and amid fog and hurricane winds, the vessel narrowly avoided wreck near Daunt’s Rock before ending in Spike Island mud ready to be lightered.
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Marcon
New York Times
London
Snowden Range
Queenstown Harbor
Spike Island
Philadelphia
Lloyds
Old Head
Kinsale
Queenstown
Daunt’s Rock
Graball Bay
Admiralty
Stormcock
Harbor Rock
Freights Steamship Colorado Runs Aground Near Tortugas
The Mallory Line freighter Colorado is ashore on Northeast Key off Florida in 12 feet of water. The ship went aground at 8 P M on the 18th with no immediate danger and crew safe. Wreckers from Key West left to assist as the Eldorado, bound for Galveston, is four days overdue.
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Washington
Mallory Line
Colorado
Northeast Key
Florida
Key West
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Peoria
Tortugas
Mallory
Gramble
Revenue
Miami
Eldorado
Baltimore
Galveston
Cape Hatteras
Steamship Line
Treasury Department
Windom
Fra
Ashors
East Key
Battered Wayfarer Returns to Port for Repairs
The British steamer Wayfarer from Liverpool Jan 5 to New Orleans has come back to port. She will be docked for repairs after heavy gales disabled steering gear and wrecked her funnel and lifeboats 700 miles from safety. The Corsican and Megantic stood by during the work.
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Liverpool, Jan
Wayfarer
Liverpool
New Orleans
Aluminum trust revealed by Aluminum Company of America chief
The House Ways and Means Committee heard that Aluminum Company of America owns the Canadian Aluminum Company, linking a global agreement with foreign producers. The witness argued the pact excludes the United States due to Sherman Act limits while steel and pump trusts debated tariffs and costs.
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Washington
House Committee On Ways and Means
Arthur W. Davis
The
Aluminum Company of America
United States
Canadian Aluminum Company
Rainey
Illinois
S. P. Ker
Sharon
Penn
Sharon Steel Hoop Company
Ker
United States Steel Corporation
Fordney
Michigan
R. E. Jennings
Carpenter Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Crucible
Underwood
P. Reichelm
New York
Steel Corporation
W. Li. Donner
Pittsburgh
Cambria Steel Company
Atlantic
Gulf
Walter Laidlaw
Pump Trust
International Pumping Company
Palmer
Laidlaw
International
Waltham Watch Company
Watch Trust
E. C. Fitch
Waltham, Mass
Mr. Fitch
Fitch
C. A. Keene
Waltham Company
Free Lily Drinking Cups Sent to Bottled Water Users
The Bg Service Cup Co. in Bush Terminal Brooklyn mails free cartons of Lily Drinking Cups as samples to users of bottled water. The distribution targets customers of bottled water outlets and promotes the cups as a handy disposable serving option.
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Bg Service Cup Co
Bush Terminal
Bklya
Consul Urges American Warship at Acapulco
Consul Clement S. Edwards in Acapulco warns of rebel advances by Julio Radillo with 500 men and says local troops cannot reinforce. He reports 200 refugees heading to Acapulco and northern coast depredations and atrocities, prompting a call for protection.
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Mexico City
Clement S. Edwards
Acapulco
Guerrero
Wilson
Edwards
Julio Radillo
Iie
Gifts From Y M C A For Miss Gould Marriage
St Louis sends two unusual presents to Miss Helen Gould on her wedding day to Finley J Shepard. A gold and bronze clock replicates the local railroad Y M C A Building, funded by association members. A jewel case reproduces the Atlantic private car, a gift from railroad Y M C A branches across the Gould lines.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Helen Gould
Finley J. Shepard
Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association
Atlantic
Gould Lines
Association
Robbery Suspect Caught After Driving Hetty Green Car
George Durhon, Hetty Green's chauffeur, chased and captured Thomas Reilly, an old carpenter of 434 East Fourteenth Street, after he allegedly grabbed a robe valued at $10 from the car on Broadway and Thames Street. Reilly was turned over to police and held at Greenwich Street Station on Durhon's complaint.
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George Durhon
Hetty Green
Thomas Reilly
East Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Thames Street
Durhon
Reilly
Greenwich Street
Warning to Coal Buyers in Albany
Albany note warns coal buyers about unscrupulous dealers who add extra coal to bulk loads to meet legal weights. Supt. Reichmann of the Department of Weights and Measures says these dealers hide the extra bags to substitute if stopped by inspectors, making consumers pay for coal they do not receive.
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Albany
Supt
Reichmann
Department of Weights and Measures
Demand for Higher Wages by Pennsylvania Railroad Workers
In Philadelphia on January 14 the conductors and trainmen press for a wage readjustment and a sliding scale tied to distance traveled. They seek overtime rules and yard service changes, with an answer due January 27 from general manager S. C. Long. A ten percent rise was granted two years ago to conductors and trainsmen.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
S. C. Long
Two Hold-Ups on Third Avenue End in Arrests
Two robberies on Third Avenue within an hour ended with arrests. Eugene McCarthy chased suspect Simon McGarry after his watch and chain were snatched at Fourteenth Street. McCarthy identified the thief, who dumped the stolen items. James Henerty was robbed near Twenty third Street. Patrolman Schwab and detectives arrested Edward Donnelly and Michael Smith, with Henerty identifying both.
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Third Avenue
Eugene McCarthy
Riverdale Avenue
Yonkers
Fourteenth Street
McCarthy
Schwab
Simon McGarry
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
James Henerty
Siz
Michael Smith
Henerty
Prohibition Leaders Seek Million Dollar Fund Drive
At the Indianapolis conference Virgil G. Hinshaw urged donors to fund a stronger Prohibition Party, proposing a $1,000,000 campaign fund for 1916 and pledges from electors to boost the prohibition vote, with Eugene W. Chafin backing the plan. The party also weighs continuing its Advance newspaper from Chicago.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Prohibition Party
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Chicago
Millonaire
Young Men's Christian Association
Prohibition
Hinshaw
Eugene W. Chafin
Tucson
Arizona
Pony glass of Angostura bitters before retiring
A brief, fragmentary item notes a pony glass of Angostura bitters taken before retiring, with unclear context and missing surrounding details.
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Angostura Bitters
Magmnia
Adv
Murphy Calls Off Commission Merger in Albany
In Albany on January 14 Charles P. Murphy Tammany leader halted plans to consolidate the Public Service Commissions. He cited strong opposition from upstate legislators and local voters, with possible changes to create a commuters zone around New York City. Gov Sulzer weighed economic and transit concerns while awaiting future action.
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New York Times
Albany
Charles P. Murphy
Tammany
Democratic Organization
Public Service Commissions
Murphy
New York
Assembly
Capitol
Smith
The
Senate
Wagner
Sulzer
New York City
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Connolly
Queens
Luke Keenan
Cassidy
Priest Faints Beside Man Executed in New Jersey Chair
In Trenton New Jersey on January 14 Rev Father Topolinski of St Stanislaus Church fainted as Electrician Davis activated the electric chair for condemned man Joseph Kwiatowski. Kwiatowski, who murdered his wife in 1911, faced execution with cool composure.
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Trenton
N. J
Father Topolinski
St. Stanislaus Church
Davis
Joseph Kwiatowski
State Prison
Kwiatowski
Wilson stenographer quits in Trenton after dispute
Salome Tarr, famed as Wilson's speediest stenographer, quits at the State House accusing Charles Swen of pressuring her. She tore up recent notes from Secretary Tumulty and refuses to return until a possible talk with the President-elect leads to resolution.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Charles Swen
Tumulty
State House
Salome Tarr
Swen
First Direct Wireless Link Between Germany and America
The Nauen wireless station reports direct wireless communication with New York today marking the first such link between Germany and America. The event is described as a historic milestone in transatlantic wireless telegraphy.
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Berlin
Nauen
New York
Germany
America
Nine Filipino Outlaws Killed in Lanao Clash
Manila January 15 Lieut Fletcher reports that nine outlaws were killed in a Monday battle in South Lanao between a scouts detachment and a large bandit force. Military and constabulary continue pursuit of the scattered forces.
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Manila
Fletcher
Lanao
Jag
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Public Service Board Today
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Roger W. Babson
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